1955 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
| All-Ireland Champions | |
|---|---|
| Winning team | Kerry (18th win) |
| Captain | John Dowling |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Dublin |
| Captain | Denis Mahony |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Kerry |
| Leinster | Dublin |
| Ulster | Cavan |
| Connacht | Mayo |
| Championship statistics | |
← 1954 1956 → | |
The 1955 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 69th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.
Meath were the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Dublin in the Leinster final.
Kerry were the winners.[1][2][3]
Note Quarter Finals were back in the Munster championship but Clare only skipped 1 year. Limerick, not part of the championship between 1953 and 1964, were approved to host Waterford in the Quarter Final but did not play them due to a dispute over the eligibility of players.
Results
| Mayo | 3-11 – 0-9 | Leitrim |
|---|---|---|
| P Solan (0-2), D O’Neill (0-3), S O’Donnell (0-1); M Flanagan (0-1), T Langan (1-0), J Curran (2-4, two points from frees). |
Attendance: 3,431
| Mayo | 3-11 – 1-3 | Roscommon |
|---|---|---|
| J Nallen (0-1), T Langan (2-1), S O’Donnell (1-1), D O’Neill (0-2), J Curran (0-6, four frees). |
| Meath | 3-4 – 2-7 | Kildare |
|---|---|---|
| J.Daly, P.Mooney 1-0, S.Harrison (2f), T.McCarthy 0-2, D.Dalton, S.Moore, M.Doyle 0-1. |
| Dublin | 5-12 - 0-7 | Meath |
|---|---|---|
| Kevin Heffernan 2-0, Ollie Freaney 0-5 (0-3f), Sean O'Boyle 1-3, Cathal O'Leary 1-2, Des Ferguson 1-1, Padraig Haughey 0-1 | Tom Duff 0-3 (0-2f), Brian Smyth 0-2, Frankie Byrne (0-1f) and Tom O'Brien 0-1 each |
Clare back in the Munster championship after 1 year break football again but even Limerick didn't take part between (1953-1964) there were approved to host Waterford in the Quarter Final but didn't take part The Limerick vs. Waterford was cancelled due to a dispute over the eligibility of players.
| Cork | 2-8 – 0-7 | Tipperary |
|---|---|---|
| D. Kellaher (0-4), E. Ryan (0-1), J. Creedon (2-2) & D. O’Donovan (0-1). |
Referee: J. Goode (W)
| Kerry | 3-7 – 0-4 | Waterford |
|---|---|---|
| B. Buckley (1-0), T. Lyne (0-3), G. O'Sullivan (0-1), M. Murphy (0-1) & T. Costelloe (2-2). |
| Kerry | 0-14 – 2-6 | Cork |
|---|---|---|
| J. Dowling (0-1), P. Sheehy (0-5), T.Lyne (0-4), G. O'Sullivan (0-1), M. Murphy (0-2) & D. McAuliffe (0-1). | N. Duggan (0-1), D. Kellaher (0-2), J. Creedon (0-1), D. O’Donovan (0-1) & J. O’Donovan (2-2). |
| Cavan | 1-10 – 2-1 | Antrim |
|---|---|---|
| P Donohoe (0-4), H Carolan (1-1), J Mc Donnell (0-1), B Gallagher (0-1), J Cusack (0-2), V Sherlock (0-1) | K Armstrong (2-0), P O Hara (1-1) |
Attendance: 6,120
| Cavan | 2-5 – 1-6 | Donegal |
|---|---|---|
| P Donohoe (0-2), V Sherlock (0-1), J Cusack (1-1), B Deignan (1-0), C Smith (0-1) | A Briody (0-1), H Boyle (0-2), S Mc Cormack (0-3), P Coyle (1-0) |
Attendance: 10,124
| Cavan | 0-11 – 0-8 | Derry |
|---|---|---|
| P Donohoe (0-8), B Gallagher (0-2), J Hardy (0-1) | M Gribben (0-1), R Gribben (0-3), F Niblock (0-1), J Mc Keever (0-3) |
Attendance: 24,800
| Kerry | 2-10 – 1-13 | Cavan |
|---|---|---|
| J. Dowling (0-1), T. Moriarty (0-1) T. Lyne (1-6), J. Culloty (0-1), M. Murphy (1-0) & D. McAuliffe (0-1). | P Donohoe (0-9), H Carolan (0-2), Gallagher (0-1), P Smith (1-0), Keyes (0-1) |
Attendance: 41,278
| Kerry | 4-7 – 0-5 | Cavan |
|---|---|---|
| P. Sheehy (0-2), J. J. Sheehan (1-0), T. Lyne (0-5), J. Culloty (1-0) & Mick Murphy (2-0). | P Donohoe (0-5) |
Attendance: 71,504
| Kerry | 0-12 – 1-6 | Dublin |
|---|---|---|
| J. Dowling (0-1), P. Sheehy (0-1), T. Lyne (0-6), M. Murphy (0-1) & J. Brosnan (0-2). | O. Freaney 1-3, J. Boyle 0-2 & H. Hefferan 0-1. |
Championship statistics
Miscellaneous
- Even though Limerick did not take part in the Munster football championship between 1953 and 1964, they were scheduled to host Waterford but failed. The Limerick vs. Waterford match in the 1955 Munster Football Championship was cancelled due to a dispute over the eligibility of players. Clare returned to the championship after a skip year.
- Markievicz Park, Sligo was named after a woman of the 1916 uprising called Constance Markievicz.
- Both of the All Ireland semi-finals end in a draw and go to a replay.
- Dublin win their first Leinster title since 1942 and reach their first All Ireland final since that same year but are narrowly beaten by Kerry.
References
- ^ "Football Results 1941 - 1970 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
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